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How to implement ISO 22000 for your organization ISO 22000 in brief ISO 22000 is the Food Safety Management system standard that sets out the requirements for food safety management system. The standard lists out what an organization needs to do in order to display its ability to control hazards related to food safety so as to ensure that the food they process or produce is safe for consumption. ISO 22000 standard is applicable to any company irrespective of its size or position as a food sector. Every food manufacturer has the responsibility to produce safe and quality food or food products for the wellbeing of the customers in addition for their own reputation. This is one of the important reasons why ISO 22000 exists to manage the quality of food production. Just imagine the consequences of consuming unsafe food. The reactions can be life threatening sometimes and to avoid all these, it is better for an organization to have the ISO 22000 food safety management system in place...

  What is MDSAP and how does it benefit the medical device manufacturers   What is MDSAP? MDSAP refers to Medical Device Single Audit Program that conducts single audit for QMS of a medical device’s manufacturer. This audit is conducted to satisfy the multiple requirements of the regulatory standard. The audits are run by auditing bodies or auditing organizations like the BSI. These auditing bodies are authorized by the regulating authorities to conduct audits under the requirements of MDSAP. MDSAP is a process wherein the manufacturers of medical devices can be audited one time for compliance against the standard and regulatory requirements across five medical device markets or locations like the United States, Australia, Japan, Canada and Brazil. The main goal of this audit program is to leverage regulatory resources in order to efficiently manage and sustain single audit programs that are emphasized on the overall surveillance of medical device manufacturers. Why was MDSAP...

  The need for Anti-Bribery Management System What is Anti-Bribery Management System ISO 37001 is the ISO Standard for Anti-Bribery Management and is designed to help organizations implement an anti-bribery management system to prevent bribery related issues. The standard lists down a series of steps that an organization can implement in order to detect, prevent or address bribery concerns. ISO 37001:2016 is a framework with its set of requirements and guides in establishing, implementing, managing, reviewing and improving the anti-bribery management system. Your organization’s system can either be stand-alone or can be integrated into an overall management system. What does ISO 37001:2016 address? ISO 37001:2016 addresses the below concerns:          Bribery among public, private and, or not-for-profit sectors          Bribery within or by the organization        Bribery by personnel in the organizati...

  Integrated Management System What is IMS? An integrated management system can be defined as a single system that is created to manage different aspects of an organization's operations with different standards like the quality, environmental and health and safety management standards etc. An integrated management system basically combines all the related system standards of a business into a single system for ease of management and to have smooth operations across the business platform. Thus the IMS comes into the picture wherein safety, quality control and environmental management have common points and all of these work for a common goal which is to make the organization work more effectively and efficiently. This is how the Integrated Management System works, by merging existing system and implementing certain best practices across the organization. This merger enables businesses to streamline their management which helps companies to increase efficiency, save time by...

  The need for ISO/IEC 17025 standard What is ISO/IEC 17025? ISO/IEC 17025 is an international standard for the testing and calibration laboratories and is created to enable laboratories to demonstrate that they operate efficiently and generate valid test results. The standard boosts confidence in the work that laboratories do and also promotes competency among laboratories. The standard also facilitates cooperation between the different laboratories in the world and the various external bodies by promoting a culture of global acceptance of test results between any country. This means that the test results or certificates obtained from one country is valid and is acceptable in another country without having the need for further testing. This improves and strengthens international trade between countries. The standard includes the requirements in the form of activities that must be inclusive as part of the laboratory operations in order to promote reliable testing. It was pub...

  What is the purpose of ISO 50001? What is ISO 50001 ISO 50001 is the Energy Management standard that is based on the management system model of continual improvement. The standard is also used for other important and well-known standards such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001 etc. The standard provides a framework of requirements for organizations to save and manage energy usage. ISO 50001 was published in June 2011 and the main idea behind conceiving the standard was to develop an international best practice to help companies manage energy in the best way.   ISO 50001 helps companies develop a policy for better and efficient energy usage. The EnMS integrates energy management into existing business systems thereby enabling companies to better manage their energy, bring in more energy savings and improve energy performance. Even the government is working towards improving measures to manage the usage of energy and promoting compliance with the energy management standard. EnMS c...